...Alex Hird Mrs. Barton AP Comp/Lit 8 September 2014 My First Life Line Many people wait all their lives for a little piece of happiness, whether it’s of their own doing like an achievement, or simply meeting a person who really cares for their well-being. My own happiness stems from the latter case, meeting Ben, through mere small talk, a skill in which I no longer lack the aptitude for, thanks to him. Ben is a kind colossus, who towers over my 5’2” stature with his 6’3” build, and with a clumsy yet endearing demeanor. Always worrying if his chestnut hair is too fluffy, yet acting like there’s no one around with me, and constantly dishing out gut-busting jokes that cut close to the bone, but always there to be uplifting and sweet, he’s a real fetching fellow, a sight for sore eyes....
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...Life’s Fragile Line Being a four year old child one doesn’t usually fear death. It isn’t something one really thinks about. The concept of death isn’t easily processed in most young minds. That is not until it tears a loved one from one’s grasp. The year was 1999, I was four years old and it was the second week in October. My mom, her boyfriend David, and I were driving back from downtown Portland. David was driving his three seat Ford truck. My mom, Tammy, was sitting in the middle and I was fastened into the passenger seat. As we made our way back east up the gorge, the traffic on the freeway was getting bad so David took the historic highway to beat some of the traffic. It was around mid-October so the roads were a bit wet which didn’t make for ideal driving conditions on the too- narrow road. I remember looking up at the seemingly giant water fall that is Multnomah Falls and being astounded at the power of the water as it crashed into the rocks. As we slowly drove past, admiring the waterfall, a light layer of mist covered the windshield. I looked out my window, not yet aware that this would be the last time we all gazed upon it the same way. As we drove on, curve after curve, I sat drinking my Gatorade as my mom and David conversed. I looked over at my mom and tugged on her shirt a little to try and get her attention. She looked over lovingly, the way a mother does, and looked me directly in the eyes, giving me her full and undivided attention. I looked back into her...
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...before examining the actual context, it is also important to look at the form of the poem, which also plays a puissant role. First of all, and most noticeable, is the continual use of dashes, which adds a lingering essence, as if foreshadowing the death. The dashes also signify power and unanswered questions about death and, perhaps, whether or not an afterlife exists. Another aspect of the form is how it is broken up into stanzas expressing differing ideas in each one. By braking up such ideas, it is easier to analyze the varying aspects of death that Ms. Dickinson believes are imperative when expressing what she is feeling prior to her death. The first stanza starts off repeating the title, “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—“ (line 1). These words, though odd, are explained through the rest of the stanza, as the insignificance of the sound of a fly’s buzz is magnified, thus becoming extreme, compared to “The Stillness in the room” (2). This “Stillness” is then related to the “Stillness in the air” (3). Though the “Stillness” causes the buzzing sound to take strength, “Stillness”, in this stanza, takes on a double meaning, which is representative of death as well. The second stanza differs from the first in that, as she lies in her bed, observers, who express their own emotions while witnessing her final moments, surround her. “The Eyes...
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...world's contracted thus; Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be To warm the world, that's done in warming us. Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere; This bed thy centre is, these walls, thy sphere. (5) (10) (15) (20) (25) (30) 17. both the'Indias: the East Indies was famous for spices; the West Indies for gold and silver (mines.) 24. alchemy: false gold. Questions on Donne's "The Sun Rising" 1. _____. In the first stanza of the poem the speaker is: a. surprised at how late he has slept. b. wishing he were a king. c. annoyed at the sun for waking him and his lover. d. grateful that the sun has wakened him and his lover. e. comparing the sun unfavorably to his lover. 2. _____. The use of the word fool in line one is an example of: a. personification. b. irony. c. oxymoron. d. simile. e. iambic pentameter. 3. _____. "Saucy, pedantic wretch"...
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...Death means and signifies many different things to many different people. Some people celebrate death and have a holiday celebrating it called Day of the Dead. However, to other people death is a hard thing to accept. Many people can not accept death because they loose loved ones in tragic and hard situations. One such situation is that of a mother Nailah Winkfield who lost her child after complications that occurred after a tonsillectomy and a surgery to treat her sleep apnea. Nailah Winkfield’s child become brain dead a short time after the surgery went wrong. This mother came to believe her child was still alive and should be left on life support because of that. The author from the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board believes not enough people are properly educated on the subject of brain death. The author uses emotional appeal through out the article to persuade the author that brain damage is a true death. Again the author also uses ethical appeal to strengthen the argument which is it right to keep a child alive just because they are breathing because of ventilator even though their brain shows no activity. To tie in the whole argument, the author uses sound logic from many people’s perspectives and knowledge on the subject, ranging from doctors to judges on the case it’s self....
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...“Father of Geometry” and his elements were one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics, which served as a textbook used for teaching mathematics (especially Geometry) from when it was published till the late 19th century to early 20th century. In the Elements he included the principles of what is now called Euclidean Geometry. Euclidean Geometry is a mathematical system and consists of in a small set of appealing postulates that are accepted as true. In fact, Euclid was able to come up with a great portion of plane geometry from five postulates. These postulates include: A straight line segment can be drawn joining any two points, to extend a finite straight line continuously in a straight line, given any straight line segment, a circle can be drawn having the segment as radius and one endpoint as center, all right angles are congruent, and if two lines are drawn which intersect a...
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...The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost: Memorandum Stanza 1 1. Two roads diverged[1] in a yellow wood, Line explanation: The speaker is describing a fork in the road. The 'yellow wood' suggests it is autumn season. 2. And sorry I could not travel both 3. And be one traveler, long I stood Line explanation: The speaker wants take both roads at once, but realizing that it is impossible, he decides to choose one. 4. And looked down one as far as I could 5. To where it bent in the undergrowth[2]; Line explanation: He is thinking hard about his choice. He stares at the one road, to see where it goes but he cannot see past the first bend because it bends in to the undergrowth. Summary of Stanza 1: On the road of life, the speaker arrives at a point where he must decide which of two equally attractive (or equally frightening) choices is the better one. He examines one choice as best he can, but the future (undergrowth) prevents him from seeing where it leads. [pic] Stanza 2 6. Then took the other, as just as fair[3], 7. And having perhaps the better claim[4] 8. Because it was grassy and wanted wear[5], Line explanation: He looks at the other road and thinks it would be better because it hasn’t been walked on/used very much. 9. Though as for that the passing there 10. Had worn them really about the same, Line explanation: He changes his mind and says that both roads look the same. Summary of Stanza 2: The speaker selects the road that...
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...Stereographic projection Name: Masila E. Mwangangi REG NO: TU01-EM211-0025/2012 Tutor: Chief Geologist. James Ochieng’ Institution: Taita Taveta University college Stereographic projection is a powerful method for solving geometric problems in structural geology. Unlike structure contouring and other map-based techniques, it preserves only the orientation of lines and planes with no ability to preserve position relationships. However, it is extremely useful, as orientation problems are very common in structural geology. Stereographic projection is a popular method used by crystallographers as a tool for representing variations in crystal form. However, there is one important difference. Whereas crystallographers use an upper hemisphere projection, structural geologists always use the lower hemisphere. There is a good reason for this: the lower hemisphere represents the region beneath the Earth’s surface where the rocks have not yet been eroded away. Stereogram basics: There are two parts to any stereographic projection. The projection itself, or sterogram, is usually drawn on tracing paper, and represents a bowl-shaped surface embedded in the Earth. The stereographic net or stereonet is the 3-D equivalent of a protractor. It is used to measure angles on the projection. To measure angles, we need to rotate the net relative to the tracing paper. For practical reasons we usually turn the tracing paper and keep the net fixed, but it is important to remember...
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...EDITORS COMPUTER TIPS CONTESTS FORMATTING / GRAMMAR MARKETS MOTIVATION PUBLISHING WRITERS BLOCK WRITER’S LIFE WRITING TOOLS Formatting Manuscripts Achieving 250 Words / 25 Lines Per Page By Deanna Lilly Remember do not put an extra line between paragraphs. Indent the first sentence 5 spaces (use the Tab key). Fonts and Margins In order to achieve the ideal format for novel submission, your must strive for 250 words per page, with margins at one inch all around (some editors want a left margin of one and one-half inch) using either Courier 12pt or Times New Roman 14pt fonts. Several editors have told me that Courier 12pt is easier to read. And, the last thing we want to do is give an editor a headache from eyestrain as he/she reads our manuscript. I am sure some of the following “tricks” can benefit even the seasoned writer. You sit down at your computer, set your margins and begin counting lines. The tips of your fingers smudge your nice clean screen with the oozing chocolate you’ve just eaten as a source of inspiration. Unbelieving, you go to another page and count again only to discover a variance of 23 to 28 lines per page depending on the word processing program you use (MSWord or WordPerfect). Don’t panic–there’s an easy solution to achieving exactly 25 lines per page. Line Spacing SOLUTION – MSWord: Click on FORMAT in the menu bar, trace down and select PARAGRAPH, make sure you are on the INDENTS AND...
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...simple powerful style asks some of these questions. It is through this style that Kara Walker shows that art can be powerful with the use of only a few elements in design. In a representational work of art, Kara Walker shows how the use of multiple line styles can unite a piece of art. Much of the work in this piece is connected by curvilinear lines leaving only one object separated from the rest. This object, in the lower left corner depicts a man carrying a cane. This cane, one of the only straight lines in the work other than the pins in the doll, is a straight line and can be considered pointing to the figures in the middle of the work. This straight line shows an implied line as this seems to be pointing up and directing attention. It is through this implied line that the connection from this alone object is connected to the rest of the art work. Through the use of romantic line quality this work contains heavy lines with sharp edges. This is due to the creation process. The cutout silhouettes are drawn by the artist first then they are cutout using an X-acto knife (Riley). It is through this method that the work has clear sharp edges creating the lines. These two dimensional shapes can only be imagined as life like. They carry no visual texture or color to give the illusion of having mass to exist in the third dimension. This simplistic form of shape shows only an outline of an image and therefore nothing exudes from the work. These black silhouettes typically...
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...Airborne Jumping out of an airplane is a life experience one will never forget. People have different reasons for doing it. Some people skydive for the sport of it. It is an exhilarating and adrenaline pumping experience. I jumped out of an airplane to earn my airborne wings in the army. It all started in Airborne School, during ground week, where we were taught how to land safely and dawn a parachute. During tower week, the second week of training, we learned pre-jump preparations and how to properly exit an airplane. Finally, the third week of training came: jump week. My classmates and I made five jumps from a C130 aircraft. Two of the jumps were with just a parachute, known as Hollywood jumps. Two of the jumps were with full combat loads. One of the combat jumps had to be at night so that we could earn our jump wings. I woke up at “zero dark thirty”; a phrase that means before dawn in the army. I rolled out of bed sore from the two weeks of five mile runs every morning in full uniform and boots. My legs hurt from jumping from platforms and throwing myself to the ground learning to land correctly. I stood in formation, half asleep, while the airborne instructors briefed us for the events of the day. The airborne instructors are called Black Hats because of the black baseball caps that they wear with their rank and wings pinned to the front. That morning, our class had to jog three miles to the air field to get our Jump Master brief. I felt a slight chill in my bones...
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...can be a good thing. Henry Adams is quoted as saying "Chaos often breeds life as order breeds habit." (STSCI) Fractals simply put, is a repeat design that as you zoom in is repeated indefinitely. Above is the Sierpenski Triangle, as you zoom in you see three more of the triangle, and in each of those is three more triangle, and as you zoom in you see three more triangles. I imagine that on a big enough scale, or with a strong enough computer there is no end to the number of triangles you can put in the Sierpenski Triangle. (STSCI) If you break a straight line into an equal number N than the equation to describe those parts would be r=1/N(1/d) In the case of the Sierpenski Triangle, a self repeating object, the equation is D = log (N) / log (1/r) (STSCI) The Koch Snowflake is designed by: * divide a line segment into three equal parts * remove the middle segment (= 1/3 of the original line segment) * replace the middle segment with two segments of the same length (= 1/3 the original line segment) such that they all connect (i.e. 3 connecting segments of length 1/3 become 4 connecting segments of length 1/3.) The top row of shapes is the pattern to make the snowflake with a triangle, the bottom shape is a blowup of the edge of the last figure shown. Its fractal dimension is given from the definition of the curve: N = 4 and r = 1/3 (remember 4 segments each 1/3 size of the original line segment). Dimension = log (4) / log (3) = 1.26 Another interesting...
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...the “Math for Math’s sake” school, I occasionally feel a swelling up of my old Engineering background urging me to provide an application of the learning. In just such a mood, I offer the following APPLICATIONS OF DETERMINANTS We begin by asking you to recall that moment not so long ago when you were in an algebra or geometry class, and a problem might begin when we gave you the coordinates of three points in the coordinate plane, A=(2,1); B=(5,6) and C= (9,-1). Among the myriad things we might have asked you to do with this given information would be two that are easily answered by the methods of determinants; “Find the area of the triangle formed?” and “Prove that the three points are, or are not, collinear (lie on the same line).” Finding the area of a triangle If you had not had the benefit of an introduction to determinants, you might have to resort to something like the following to find area. Taking the points in pairs we could find the length of each segment, ([pic], [pic], and [pic]) and then employing the well known formula of Heron (you do remember Heron’s Formula, don’t you?) to find the area. We would arrive at an area of 20.5 square units. But now that you know how to evaluate the determinant of a matrix, we can instead just enter the x values of each point as one column of the matrix, enter the y values as a second column, and add a third column of all ones (someday I will explain about cross products of vectors and this third column will seem...
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...from barking.” He also demanded that the pianos be silenced and the drums muffled. It almost feels like he wants everyone to pay attention and show more respect to what he is going through, everyone needs to feel his pain. The telephone being cut off represents the loss of communication with his beloved. Visual imagery takes over throughout the second stanza starting with planes writing a message in the sky the reads “He Is Dead” leading to the imagery of doves wearing bows and traffic police wearing “black cotton gloves” eludes to the idea that someone very important just died and the public needs to acknowledge it. The third stanza the tone changes from demanding to reflective in the first line “He was my North, my South, my East and West” expressing how important the deceased was to his life when he was alive. The speaker ends the third stanza with “I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong”, the fact that Auden used a colon after forever dramatically brings the attention to the idea that when we die, loves dies. The tone of the last stanza becomes forceful, irrational and a bit cynical. He wants the stars to stop shining, the sun...
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...Construct an Equilateral Triangle II ........................................................................................ 16 Lesson 3: Copy and Bisect an Angle........................................................................................................ 21 Lesson 4: Construct a Perpendicular Bisector ........................................................................................ 30 Lesson 5: Points of Concurrencies .......................................................................................................... 37 Topic B: Unknown Angles (G-CO.9) ..................................................................................................................... 43 Lesson 6: Solve for Unknown Angles—Angles and Lines at a Point ....................................................... 44 Lesson 7: Solve for Unknown Angles—Transversals .............................................................................. 52 Lesson 8: Solve for Unknown Angles—Angles in a Triangle ................................................................... 60 Lesson 9: Unknown Angle Proofs—Writing Proofs ................................................................................ 66 Lesson 10: Unknown Angle Proofs—Proofs with Constructions...
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